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District of Columbia
Senate confirms intelligence director
WASHINGTON -- The Senate has confirmed Jay Clayton to become head of the nation's intelligence agencies, putting a permanent director in place weeks after President Donald Trump sought to delay his nomination.
Clayton, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and a former Securities and Exchange Commission chairman, was confirmed 51-47 along party lines.
Massachusetts
eBay agrees to settlement with couple
BOSTON -- eBay Inc. agreed to pay almost $50 million to a Massachusetts couple who said former employees of the company targeted them with threats and bizarre anonymous deliveries -- including live insects, a funeral wreath and a bloody pig Halloween mask, according to settlement details released Tuesday.
The parties reported reaching a tentative settlement in February as the case was headed to trial, but they were unable to finalize it.
Nevada
Judge allows interview in Tupac trial
LAS VEGAS -- A Nevada judge ruled on Tuesday that the recording of an interview the man accused in the killing Tupac Shakur gave to police in 2008 could be used at his upcoming trial.
Judge Carli Kierny found that the interview is admissible in Duane "Keffe D" Davis' trial, which is scheduled to start Aug. 10.
World
Japan
Death toll in quake rises to 13
YAME -- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said 13 people have been found dead after a powerful quake shook part of southwestern Japan and rescue work was continuing Wednesday morning for the missing.
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck the Kumamoto area on the southern main island of Kyushu late Tuesday afternoon. Takaichi said many other people were injured or still missing as rescue work continued overnight.
Peru
New president inaugurated
LIMA -- Conservative leader Keiko Fujimori was sworn in as Peru's president on Tuesday after winning the June presidential runoff by a margin of fewer than 50,000 votes, a victory that confirmed a regional shift in South America toward the conservative wing.
With the ceremony, Fujimori, a four-time presidential candidate and leader of Peru's largest political party, takes office as the country's ninth president in a decade.
Kenya
Elephant deaths spark investigation
NAIROBI -- The deaths of 15 elephants over the past month in Kenya 's Amboseli National Park have sparked an investigation, wildlife authorities said Tuesday.
The Kenya Wildlife Service said 10 of the pachyderms showed signs of partial paralysis before dying within two days, while the remaining five were found dead, with their carcasses partially consumed by scavengers.